Support only summoner spell

Rozair··3 votes·544 views

If supports had a dedicated summoner spell like junglers have smite it would make supporting much more fun along with opening future items up for just supports. It could be something as simple as reduceibg targets damage for 3 seconds with a 60 second cd. Also sightstone should be merged with the support gold items. I should work for riot.

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Crossette2 votes

exhaust summoner 3

Rozair1 votes

I know exhaust lol I'm saying it should be linked to items though like smite to hunters machete

Yxion the Yordle1 votes

Wouldn't solve anything. People have vision trinkets and you still see stats after game in which people placed 0 wards. Giving people free wards isn't improving people warding.

Rozair1 votes

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Wouldn't solve anything. People have vision trinkets and you still see stats after game in which people placed 0 wards. Giving people free wards isn't improving people warding.

It's not free. You buy the sightstone but it doesn't take up an extra item slot.

HentRex1 votes

Merging Sightstone with Items that already have an activation presets another problem. How to differentiate between warding and item. But I have talked to people about adjusting sightstone's upgrade to be more class oriented.

Sightstone + Ruby = Ruby Sightstone 800G + 400G + 200G =1400 Sightstone + Tome = Essence of Iris 800G + 435G + 165G =1400 SIghtstone + Null = Scera's Blessing 800G + 500G + 100G =1400 Sightstone + Cloth = Pupil's Embrace 800G + 300G + 300G =1400"

Abyssphere1 votes

"If supports had a dedicated summoner spell like junglers have smite it would make supporting much more fun along with opening future items up for just supports. It could be something as simple as reduceibg targets damage for 3 seconds with a 60 second cd."

Yes, I too love having no choice in what I do. I hate being able to choose between Exhaust and Ignite, or anything else that feels appropriate. I want to be forced into choosing the same spell every game.

Birefringence1 votes

Yeah I would definitely choose a lame dot over better item builds for supports. Shaco

Abyssphere1 votes

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Yeah I would definitely choose a lame dot over better item builds for supports. Shaco

You don't pick summoner spells based on how cool they are, you pick them based on how powerful they are in the situation you're going to be in. Ignite may be a "lame DOT" but it's the correct kill lane summoner spell. Exhaust is useful in a million other situations, too. I don't like forcing a role that has previously been free to pick any summoner it saw fit to choose something else.

Junglers having to take smite works because the jungling role is inherently simplistic - every jungler will always want something that helps them kill camps and secure objectives because it's a core gameplay of their role. But supports have so much more diversity in what they do that you can't give them a spell that's all-encompassing to the point that people will be satisfied in being forced to take it. People will miss having Exhaust or Ignite and wonder why they're not allowed to have them anymore.

I main support, but I don't think copying the season 5 Smite rework is the way to go for the role. I think there's a huge gap in AP support itemisation but I don't feel that creating new items that can only be used by supports is the way to fix that. Personally I'm interested to see what comes of the Sightstone rework.

Birefringence1 votes

Exhaust is simply the more versatile summoner spell, given the smite treatment it could easily fill ignite's niche. I would rather have an interesting item build that I can more easily tailor to my strategies than have an execute dot summoner, that is all it comes down to when you weigh both possibilities. Support itemization will never be worthwhile as long as a laner can also take it. I wouldn't expect much from the sightstone change given Riot's track record. My response was late because I did not see the notification my apologies.

Jessey1 votes

I was thinking making summoner 3 like summoner 11 where you have item builds that cam make summoner 3 do other thing like. item 3092 with summoner 3 would make slow around the person you summoner 3.

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